[Pedantic_Lady]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!

Question...what's with this new-fangled frying of turkeys that's going on? What ever happened to roasting them? It's probably much healthier...in more ways than one!

[cinFLA]

Question...what's with this new-fangled frying of turkeys that's going on?

Perhaps you should try one. ymmmmmmmmmm

[Serb5150]

Maybe it's good, but deep fried turkey sounds pretty gross...

[Dog Gone]

Fried turkeys are juicier and tastier than roasted turkeys. Buy one already done, and you'll understand the attraction.

Rookies who attempt this at home without having an experienced friend oversee the process are risking the sight of a turkey rocket, nanoseconds before they get covered with boiling oil.

[commish]

Actually once you have eaten one, you won;t want to go back to regular roasted Turkey.

Frying a turkey is easy as long as you use common sense (IE follow the rules above). My brother and I have fried at least 20 birds over the past 5 years with no problems.

Put the fryer on a level concrete pad away from the house and keep an eye on it and everything is fine.

15 Lb bird is fully cooked in under an hour.

[Great_Dame]

Hi! Deep fried turkey gets seared instantly when it hits the oil, so the oil stays pretty much outside the turkey. Its real juicy because there is no evaporation and you inject the turkey with yummy flavorings before its gets its special little bath. Yummy!

[b4its2late]

Glenn doesn't blame the fryer for his misfortune. "You can't idiot-proof the world," he said.

My guess is that this gentleman is not a liberal or he'd be looking for someone else to blame and someone to sue...

And, I think people were doing it just because it was the "in" thing to do last year. Though I hear that it cooks the bird in less than an hour and it probably does taste good. Big old chicken wing.......

[Mr.Atos]

Turkeys, Twinkies and Snicker Bars. WSJ had an article some time back about the new Deep-Fry craze. Go figure. I'm with you... roasting is just fine.

Besides, can you imagine how much batter it takes to cover a 25lb turkey?? (t.i.c.)

[Lurker]

Deep frying is classified as a 'dry' method of cooking. Properly done very little oil makes it into the bird.

You can cook a bird in about a third of the time compared to roasting as well. (3 minutes per pound for deep frying.)

Plus, it's delicious.

L

[cajun-jack]

new fangled????? hell you ain't never been to looziana have you???

been going on here for years and years...eat a moist juicy fried turkey once and you will not ever care to dine on the died out roasted bird ever again.

1st thing to do is fill the pot with "x" amount of water...put the bird in...note the water level...take bird out and add or subtract water and put the bird in agin....when water level is right....dip out all the water, noting each amount and put that amount of oil in the pot...(avoids overflow) heat the oil to proper temp..ease the bird into the oil with the "hook" provided with the turkey fry kit

cook the bird for 3 mins per lb at 350 degrees...slowly remove the bird from the hot oil allowing for it to drain....slap the s**t out of you bro in law (or anyone else) that tries to tear a piece off the hot bird while you are still holding it over the hot oil.

this is a glitch in the coonass phyche....everyone feels they have to have the first bite so they can give commentary as to the taste and perfection or imperpection of said (any damn thing that's just been cooked)

[stands2reason]

It's good, and it takes under 30 min. to cook, and you get your oven back.

[AgentEcho]

My family has been frying turkeys for years now and I finally had to be the one to stand up and say:

"DEEP FRIED TURKEY IS AWEFUL"

Especially if it is "injected" these are the two worst ideas ever to come to turkey.

Brine it and roast it. To me that's the only way to cook a good turkey.

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[EUPHORIC]

At first this thread was funny! I even commented that rather then looking at Turkey Fryers as dangerous we should instead start a new "extreme sport" - TURKEY LAUNCHING!!! But the more I read the more my mouth watered and I am now the proud owner of a new Wal-Mart $48.72 Turkey Frier and more peanut oil then I've ever seen in one place at the same time!!! Got a couple of Turkeys so if one ends up on its way to another galaxy I can try again! Got a few more in the deep freeze... Tempted to use an engine hoist from a distance and drop one into the pot frozen and video the results! We shall see how the day goes and decide tomorrow!